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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 23, 2020, 08:57:04 pm

Title: UK: Leyton machete attack: Van driver guilty of wounding PC
Post by: TomSea on January 23, 2020, 08:57:04 pm
PC must mean Police Constable or similar, this was a police officer attacked. Video at link.
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Leyton machete attack: Van driver guilty of wounding PC

A van driver who repeatedly struck a police officer with a machete during a routine traffic stop has been found guilty of wounding with intent.

Muhammad Rodwan attacked PC Stuart Outten, 29, after he was pulled over in Leyton, east London, on 7 August.

The officer was badly injured and has yet to return to work.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51205548 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51205548)

Rodwan already apparently had a record for machete attacks. Again, police video at link.